Weather Records on 14 July 1981

708 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 July 1981. Highest significance: Ellendale, US.

Key Facts for 14 July 1981

On 14 July 1981, 708 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
293 were record highs and 207 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 686 daily.
Ellendale set a daily record precipitation of 64.0 mm (2.5 in) on 14 July 1981.
Across 158 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 455 records.

Record Map

708 stations

708 station records on 14 July 1981 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 July 1981: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ellendale	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Maple Creek	Canada	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Muenster	Canada	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Las Vigas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Pollock	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Burkes Garden	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Olds	Canada	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Edmonton City Centre A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Fullerton 1 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
La Crosse River	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Las Minas (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Athens	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ashley	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Forbes 10 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Leod 3 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sukumo	Japan	Record daily precipitation	121.5 mm (4.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Las Cuevas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	218.4 mm (8.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Semans	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Benton	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Litchville 2NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Byssa	Russia	Record daily precipitation	66.7 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Viljandi	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sykeston	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Leola	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Boquilla Numero Uno	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Montpelier	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Loma Fina	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Stephenville A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Verona Villafranca	Italy	Record daily precipitation	65.4 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mazapa	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Huatusco de Chicuellar	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gudermes	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Carmel	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Colfax	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sydney A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Midland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ellensburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Buckhannon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lost River	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Simanovskaja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bedford	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Charleston Intl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
La Crosse Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lacombe Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Red Deer A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Clarke City	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Crescent City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Raymond Border STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Purcellville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nora	Russia	Record daily precipitation	87.3 mm (3.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Athens Ou	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hogsett Rc Byrd Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kaslo	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Santiago Chivela	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bakchar	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Sterling	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Little Falls City Rsch	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lisbon	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

708 records

Records set or tied on 14 July 1981 by type: Highest daily maximum 82, Lowest daily maximum 137, Highest daily minimum 211, Lowest daily minimum 70, Heaviest daily rainfall 208.

Records on 14 July 1981 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	82
Lowest daily maximum	137
Highest daily minimum	211
Lowest daily minimum	70
Heaviest daily rainfall	208
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 14 July 1981 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 16, daily 686.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

524 broken records

Margins by which the 524 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 87.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 July 1981

Top 20 records on 14 July 1981 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 July 1981	Ellendale, US	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	87 years	74 of 100 (Major)
14 July 1981	Maple Creek, CA	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	48 years	63 of 100 (Major)
14 July 1981	Muenster, CA	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	70 years	62 of 100 (Major)
14 July 1981	Las Vigas, MX	daily rain	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	75.5 mm (3.0 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1981	Pollock, US	monthly rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	58 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1981	Burkes Garden, US	daily rain	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	51 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1981	Olds, CA	daily rain	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	42.3 mm (1.7 in)	30 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1981	Eureka, US	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	53.9 mm (2.1 in)	19 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1981	Edmonton City Centre A, CA	daily rain	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1981	Fullerton 1 ESE, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	44 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1981	La Crosse River, US	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	62 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1981	Las Minas (Cfe), MX	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	23 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1981	Athens, US	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1981	Ashley, US	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	22 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1981	Forbes 10 NW, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	19 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1981	Mc Leod 3 E, US	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	60 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1981	Sukumo, JP	daily rain	121.5 mm (4.8 in)	87.3 mm (3.4 in)	28 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1981	Las Cuevas, MX	monthly rain	218.4 mm (8.6 in)	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	26 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1981	Semans, CA	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	50 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1981	Ft Benton, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	44 years	44 of 100 (Notable)

Significance is a score from 0 to 100 combining margin, the age of the old record and the length of the station's record. How it is computed.

The Same Date in Other Years

1802 to 1981

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1981. 1981 had 708 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 07-14 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1808	1
1824	1
1832	1
1840	2
1845	1
1856	1
1860	2
1864	2
1866	1
1875	1
1876	4
1878	1
1879	1
1880	1
1883	3
1884	3
1885	1
1886	1
1887	1
1888	1
1889	2
1890	2
1891	1
1892	2
1893	3
1894	4
1895	7
1896	1
1897	2
1898	10
1899	6
1900	1
1901	2
1902	4
1903	21
1904	18
1905	11
1906	18
1907	13
1908	15
1909	7
1910	23
1911	28
1912	116
1913	21
1914	43
1915	17
1916	18
1917	55
1918	72
1919	44
1920	44
1921	105
1922	31
1923	127
1924	156
1925	138
1926	500
1927	212
1928	221
1929	87
1930	497
1931	430
1932	623
1933	378
1934	413
1935	278
1936	1,019
1937	282
1938	202
1939	367
1940	536
1941	548
1942	278
1943	364
1944	240
1945	466
1946	229
1947	379
1948	422
1949	436
1950	726
1951	335
1952	995
1953	518
1954	1,141
1955	1,058
1956	360
1957	368
1958	455
1959	349
1960	554
1961	441
1962	922
1963	535
1964	618
1965	256
1966	668
1967	1,124
1968	553
1969	595
1970	477
1971	436
1972	588
1973	652
1974	654
1975	1,054
1976	693
1977	544
1978	495
1979	559
1980	1,178
1981	708
1982	809
1983	930
1984	862
1985	720
1986	722
1987	1,035
1988	806
1989	640
1990	1,748
1991	860
1992	999
1993	1,432
1994	1,250
1995	1,459
1996	1,038
1997	723
1998	1,350
1999	1,536
2000	999
2001	870
2002	1,401
2003	1,037
2004	638
2005	758
2006	998
2007	862
2008	683
2009	920
2010	1,678
2011	1,093
2012	1,114
2013	539
2014	711
2015	622
2016	682
2017	674
2018	475
2019	415
2020	635
2021	788
2022	575
2023	724
2024	784
2025	756
2026	1,037

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Data for records on 1981-07-14: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	476
20 to 40	36
40 to 60	9
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1